WKUW-LD 40 on Reduced Power

- Posted July 30th, 2025 at 1:07pm

Since July 15th, WKUW 40 has been running on reduced power. I emailed w/ no response. That is, until today. Today, they have filed w/ the FCC a Special Temporary Authority (STA) to broadcast at reduced power. Instead of 15kw, they have been broadcasting at just 2.5kw. Below is the reason why.

"The Station’s transmitter’s ERP has been reduced to 2.5kW due to issues with the HVAC, which due to the high temperatures are not allowing the transmitter to operate safely. The Licensee will continue to work diligently with the engineer to facilitate an expeditious return to licensed operations once the transmitter is able to operate safely."

That is what is going on with them. Like always, until more news breaks, that's all for now.

11 Comments

xmguy

- Posted on July 30th, 2025 at 3:53pm

Looks like W35DZ (WCTE 3.0) is off air. Probably because of the PBS Funding cut. I hope WCTE 1.0 isn't next. Also W14EE went off air for a tiny bit, came back with slightly better S/N.

Leatherneck97

- Posted on July 30th, 2025 at 8:52pm

Sucks to see that W35DZ is offline. I know it was a repeat of WCTE but it's an experimental ATSC 3.0 station so it's interesting to see what they will do with it.

Leatherneck97

- Posted on July 31st, 2025 at 10:20pm - Edited

W35DZ is back up. It's at 69 signal strength and 91 signal quality. Must have been an issue with the transmitter.

Leatherneck97

- Posted on August 1st, 2025 at 12:20am - Edited

Charge was added to 17.4 as a replacement for Roar. Now it's on 58.3 at the same time as 17.4. I wonder what will replace Charge on 58.3?

Steve

- Posted on August 1st, 2025 at 12:04pm

Just wondering is this station the same as 44 ? My signal has been bad about a month … before that it was watchable, most of the time…

NashDigie

- Posted on August 1st, 2025 at 1:22pm

No, it's not. It has as follows: 40.1 Law & Crime Network 40.2 Defy 40.3 365 BLK 40.4 Confess (or Nosey) 40.5 Nosey (or Confess) 40.6 Outlaw 40.7 Fubo (boxing network)

Steve

- Posted on August 1st, 2025 at 1:45pm

I can't pick up channel 40, but when I look at the program guide on Titan TV it shows the same stations as 44 ... now I know this guide is incorrect... thanks for the information

Leatherneck97

- Posted on August 1st, 2025 at 4:41pm - Edited

WBKO has added H&I to 13.6. It's 720p60. Does anyone know what currently playing on WBGS-LD 34.3 since it's H&I?

Steve

- Posted on August 1st, 2025 at 10:23pm

I can't pick up WBGS, But this information is from wiki / Tennessee Valley Sports Entertainment Network is listed as 34.3 WBGS... not sure if this is correct ... This network is also on Channel WSMV 4.2 ... I can't pick up channel 4 either.

Leatherneck97

- Posted on August 2nd, 2025 at 12:31am

I just saw that it was changed. I checked earlier yesterday and it wasn't changed yet to TVSEN. So they bumped H&I from WBGS-LD onto WBKO to make room for TVSEN on 34.3.

RonG

- Posted on August 3rd, 2025 at 11:46pm

40.1 is no longer Law and Crime. It is now "Movie Sphere Gold". It is a contemporary movie network. Also, Fubo Sports has more than boxing. It had a card tournament on it this morning.

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